# List of Georgia State University people

This is a list of Georgia State University people. Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it serves a diverse population of approximately 50,000 students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is M. Brian Blake. 33°45′10″N 84°23′10″W﻿ / ﻿33.75278°N 84.38611°W﻿ / 33.75278; -84.38611

## Notable alumni

* ABRA, musician, actress
* Angela Doyinsola Aina, public health practitioner
* Yolo Akili, activist, writer, and emotional health advocate
* Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian
* Sandra Lynn Barnes, educator, sociologist and author
* Foley Beach, archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America
* Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, academic
* Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Mayor of Atlanta
* Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band
* David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
* John Burke, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer
* Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
* Ann-Marie Campbell, president, Southern Division, The Home Depot
* Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
* Benita Carr, photographer
* Dru Castro, musician, Grammy winner
* Joyce Chandler, former educator and member of the Georgia House of Representatives
* Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
* Kat Cole, COO of Cinnabon
* Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
* Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
* Daffney, professional wrestler
* Shamari DeVoe, lead singer of Blaque
* Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
* William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
* Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor
* William M. Fields, primatologist
* Louie Giglio, pastor, author
* Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director
* Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
* Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
* Kim Hoeckele, artist
* Mary Hood, author
* Hank Huckaby, Georgia Representative and Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
* Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, received a Master of Business Administration degree
* RJ Hunter, professional basketball player
* Nabilah Islam, Georgia state senator for the 7th district
* Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, suspect in 2025 New Orleans truck attack
* Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
* Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore in the Georgia State Legislature
* Simran Judge, American-Indian model and actor
* Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
* John C. Knapp, president of Washington & Jefferson College
* Farooq Kperogi, journalist, media scholar at Kennesaw State University
* Lance Krall, actor
* Ousman Krubally (born 1988), American-Gambian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
* Anya Liftig, performance artist
* Sean Linkenback, author
* Ludacris, musician, actor
* Wil Lutz, NFL player
* Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta
* Sheryl McCollum, professor, crime analyst, non-profit founder/director
* Corrina Sephora Mensoff, artist
* Jere Morehead, 22nd and current president of the University of Georgia
* Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer
* Sharlotte Neely, anthropologist, author, and expert on the Cherokees
* Rodger Nishioka, professor of Christian education
* Rusty Paul, second mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia
* Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
* Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter
* Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State during the 2020 United States presidential election
* Malika Redmond, activist and non-profit director
* Marco Restrepo, musician
* Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
* Julia Roberts, actress (attended)
* Bryant Rogowski, former professional wrestler who used the stage name Bryant Anderson
* Rubi Rose, rapper
* Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Centre
* Adam Schultz, Chief Official White House Photographer
* Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
* Caleb Spivak, actor, model, and entrepreneur
* Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor, and author
* Todd Starnes, author
* Linton Stephens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
* Ray Stevens, musician
* Sarah Tiana, comedian, actress
* Will Turpin, bassist for Collective Soul
* Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player
* Gerald R. Weeks, psychologist
* Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
* Walter Lee Williams, historian, author, and Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive arrested for sexual acts with underage boys and possession of erotic paraphernalias related to child pornography
* Albert Wilson, NFL player

## Notable faculty

* Raffi Besalyan, pianist
* David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate
* Virginia Spencer Carr, biographer
* James C. Cox, Noah Langdale Jr. Chair in Economics and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at GSU
* Deborah Duchon, anthropologist and Food Network personality
* Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU)
* Beth Gylys, poet
* Carole Hill, anthropologist and former professor
* Asa Hilliard
* Colleen McEdwards, anchor on CNN International
* Arun Rai, editor-in-chief of Management Information Systems Quarterly
* Donald Ratajczak, economist
* Robert Scott Thompson, composer
* Akinyele Umoja
* Vijay Vaishnavi, computer information systems researcher and scholar